Maggie's Christmas Medley

Maggie sang us her medley of "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" and "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch"

BLIZZARD!

Rocky was out this morning, right before the storm really hit. When he got home, he decided to get some video of the storm. It's been a long time since I've seen blowing and drifting snow like this: Billings Gazette website.

It's been a good day to stay inside and make a big pot of chili, attempt a batch of fudge (Grandma's recipe, didn't turn out) and try to keep clothes on Maggie. Maggie seems to think it's fine to run around during a blizzard wearing nothing but underpants. I guess I should be happy it's underpants and not a diaper/pull up.

Maggie's verison of the Christmas Story

Last night, Maggie was watching one of her Christmas movies while I was trying to do a Bible study. We haven't yet found a church we like, so I decided to do a few Bible studies in the meantime. Maggie was very curious about the Bible I was using and asked to "read" it. She paged through it a couple of times. I asked her if she wanted me to read the Christmas story. She said yes, so we turned to Luke 2 and I started to read. She didn't seem to like that version, so she took the Bible from me and said "I read it. Once upon a time, baby Jesus. The end." She closed the Bible and said "That's a good Bible." Yes it is, Sweet Pea.

Christmas Cookies

I love this time of year. It is a very close 2nd to fall for me. I love the cold, the snow, the cheeriness, the lights, the packages, boxes and bags! But I really love the baking. I love baking Christmas cookies and goodies. This year was very special because Maggie is just old enough to really have fun baking Christmas cookies and one of my cousins, whom I haven't seen in at least 15 years, moved into town and we were able to bake cookies together. Christy and I were part of the "look-a-like" cousins growing up -- 4 of us favored our grandmother. We didn't stop to take a picture on Sunday, but the resemblance has faded a bit (in my opinion), though you could still pick us all out of a crowd! Christy has 2 older children and they enjoyed the cookie baking as much as Maggie. Though, Maggie and Ethan seemed to enjoy eating more frosting than anything else!

Maggie adds sprinkles to the cookie dough:


Ethan pounds/rolls out the dough:

Christy gets them ready for the oven

And then we frost!

The final result:

Tonight, Maggie told me that she wants to go to Christy's to make more "Cwistmas Cookies." It's supposed to be bitter cold this weekend, so we'll probably bake some more and I think I'm going to try my hand at my grandmother's fudge recipe. I'm feeling a bit nostalgic.

The Symbol of the Dailey Family Christmas

"The most enduring traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith ond kin. This tree is a symbol of the spirit of the Griswold family cwithmas." Clark W. Griswold, "Christmas Vacation"

"Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff, with Bingle-balls and Who-foo Fluff!" The tree trimming song from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas".

All I want for Christmas

Rocky has class this weekend, so I thought I would use the time to do some Christmas shopping for him. I told Maggie we were going to get Daddy's Christmas present and asked her what she thought he needed. Maggie replied "Ummm, I know! A humpback whale!" To which Rocky replied "Wouldn't be the worst gift I ever got."

Then we asked her what Mommy should get for Christmas. Maggie replied "Ummmm, a boat, a chicken and a box." The boat makes sense with the humpback whale gift, but not sure how well a chicken and a box go with that.